The book “Days of war and peace” by Russian expert of Vietnamese studyEvgheny Glazunov has made debut on the occasion of the 60thanniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Russia (theformer Soviet Union).

The 490-page book including nine chapters with numerous photos is considered as a handbook of the Vietnam-Russia ties.

Theauthor, who is a former official of the former Communist Party ofSoviet Union’s Central Committee and Honourable President of theRussia-Vietnam Friendship Association, based the story on his friendshipwith Vietnamese people studying and working in Russia and experienceshe accumulated during the long time he worked at the Commission forRelations with Communist and Workers’ Parties in Socialist Countries.

EvghenyGlazunov had got the chances to meet the late President Ho Chi Minh andother leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State. He used to live inVietnam as a staff of the former Soviet Union Embassy in Hanoi inthe early 1960s. He was in Vietnam during the US ’s bombing ofnorthern Vietnam in 1972.

After the collapse of the former Soviet Union , Evgheny Glazunov became President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association.

Heis also the author of other books on Vietnam like “War in Vietnamduring 1965-1973” and “The Soviet Union -the unforgettable term”.

Hisdaughter is also an expert of Vietnamese study and a lecturer ofVietnamese language at the Moscow State Institute of InternationalRelations (MGIMO)./.